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elivanto · 2 years

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Oooo! Can I request "exclaiming because I love you in a fight" for Thranto??

hiii, thank you! :’) i hope this does the prompt justice!

the perils of being rescued (read on AO3 here!)

“Well, this is going great,” Ezra muttered under his breath and took another bite of his ration bar. It tasted peculiar; not dry and mass-produced like imperial rations, but richer. More nutritious. Thrawn had made it sound like his people were in the middle of a civil war but they seemed to be pretty well off, still.

He stole a glance at the Chiss woman sitting on the ground a few meters away, almost imitating his pose: leaning against a tree cross-legged and facing the clearing, her hands resting on her knees and her eyes closed as she seemed to be meditating. Though Ezra couldn’t fathom how she was able to even attempt to meditate with the spectacle going on next to the shuttle of a design unfamiliar to Ezra that had landed in the clearing just an hour prior and finally signified his and Thrawn’s escape off this sorry excuse of a planet.

But apparently, neither Thrawn nor the man he was arguing with, clad in the same black uniform the Chiss woman was wearing—he’d never imagined Thrawn was able to actually raise this voice, or even be angry beyond a haughty kind of exasperation, but boy was he able to—had plans to actually leave anytime soon.

Ezra had seen the man before; not just when he’d caught accidental flashes of Thrawn’s memories from his time in the Empire, but he was pretty sure he’d seen stolen imperial reports with his name and image attached to them. Back then he hadn’t thought much of it, just another Imperial that had vanished into thin air because of one reason or another. Just another aide-de-camp who got either fed up with his post or was relieved of it for being too incompetent.

Nothing special.

Now, he knew he’d been wrong to never lose another thought over Eli Vanto. He never should’ve assumed that someone who’d stuck by Thrawn’s side for a whole decade was just another Imperial.

It felt almost unreal to watch him talk to Thrawn so casually. Like they were old friends. Or maybe friends was the wrong word, what with their whole argument going on. They seemed too close to be just former coworkers, but Ezra guessed that’s what being in the same space for such a long time did to people.

Vanto’s voice carried over, and again Ezra was surprised by his pleasant, non-imperial accent.

“I can’t believe you didn’t tell us how bad it really was. I thought Admiral Ar’alani was exaggerating. I would’ve—” Vanto broke off and clenched his jaw.

“It was not in your responsibilities to look out for me, Commander,” Thrawn replied, voice mild but with a petulant edge. Ezra was fascinated. “I took care of everything on my own.”

“Oh, yeah, I can see how well you took care of it,” Vanto shot back angrily, gesturing around them. He kind of did have a point. “And if you haven’t noticed, it’s been a few years. It’s Senior Captain now.”

Thrawn looked stunned for the blink of an eye; Ezra wouldn’t even have noticed it if he didn’t know him so well, which was a whole other issue that he didn’t care to touch with a ten foot pole.

He wished he had better snacks on hand than just a blasted ration bar. And someone to discuss whatever was going on with those two Imps with. When he’d asked the Chiss for her name after she’d dropped the ration bar into his lap, she’d just given him a look with her glowing red eyes that had made his cheeks burn, then turned away to look for a spot to sit down. Probably didn’t speak Basic. Shame.

“Were you ever going to tell us about the impending war? About the Death Star? About how the emperor—”

“I would’ve been able to handle the emperor,” Thrawn hissed, drawing himself up to his full height.

“Hello, Grand Admiral,” Ezra murmured to himself and stuffed the last bit of ration bar into his mouth.

Vanto didn’t look cowed. If anything, he looked more furious than before.

“You and I both know that there was a good chance you might’ve not been able to,” Vanto said, more calmly than Ezra had expected him to. “And what then? He wouldn’t just have let you go. He could’ve hurt you, he could’ve… Why didn’t you come back? You could’ve left it all behind before it was too late.”

There was unmistakable pain hidden in his words, in his tone—an old wound that had never had the chance to heal.

Thrawn exhaled sharply through his nose, his peculiar version of a laugh.

“The Ascendancy is better off without me.”

Vanto stared at him.

“Well, fuck the Ascendancy.” He winced and shot an apologetic look in direction of the woman, but she didn’t seem to have understood. Her eyes were still closed and her expression was just as impassive as before. “I mean, yes, of course you would be invaluable back in the Fleet. Don’t even try to tell yourself otherwise. But politics are politics. We can’t do what we actually need to do until the Families and the Defense Council approve. For now, at least. Anyway, it’s not why I want you to come back.”

Thrawn looked as confused as Ezra had ever seen him.

“Why else would you want me to come back?”

“Because I love you,” Vanto blurted out, and Ezra could’ve sworn that his and Thrawn’s hearts skipped a beat at the same time. Vanto frowned and crossed his arms in front of his chest, not meeting Thrawn’s eyes, and added softly, “You idiot.”

Oh.

“Oh,” Thrawn breathed. Now it was his turn to stare, but only for a moment. Then he seemed to unfreeze himself and stepped forward, reaching out to cup Vanto’s face in his hands. Vanto squeezed his eyes shut, hands flying up to cover Thrawn’s like he was afraid he’d let go otherwise. “Eli. Eli, I…”

Next to Ezra, grass and leaves rustled as the Chiss got to her feet.

“It has been resolved?” she asked in accented Basic, not sparing Ezra a single glance as she brushed her uniform off.

“Uh,” Ezra said lamely, swallowing when she finally turned her intense gaze on him. “Yes. Yes, I think so.”

She gave him a brusque nod. “Vah’nya,” she said, then made for the shuttle, the blue-black curls of her long hair bouncing with each of her steps. It took Ezra a moment to realize that it was probably her name.

“Right,” he said and looked over to Thrawn and Vanto just in time to see them part after an intimate kiss, smiling at each other like all was right in the galaxy and they didn’t have a shipload of issues to work through, privately and politically.

Thrawn and Vanto. Thrawn, who was apparently able to care about other things than his military career or the state of the Empire or acting in the interests of his people.

Ezra laughed to himself. The shuttle ride to wherever the hell they were going was bound to be interesting.

Force help him.

#it's very funny to me that apparently i can't write thranto unless it's from an outside pov sjdgzfs #i hope you like this muk!#ask #amukmuk #my fic #thranto

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nimata-beroya · 5 months

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I keep vaguely thinking of creating a wiki that organises star wars things in ways that are useful for fic writers (unlike Wookieepedia, which is often not in a useful format for what fic writers want). What would you (and folks you follow) want that to look like? Asking you because you have that excellent list of sw resources, some of which would not be possible to move to a wiki but some would. The ideas I've been thinking about are more granular timelines than Woookieepedia has and things like lists of senators that serve at the same time/some way to reference what senators would be around during particular events, but I'm sure there are other things that I'm just blanking on.

Oh m y gosh!! That'd be amazing and extremely helpful!

no, seriously, do it! especially timelines, because that's something that can be confusing at times, and not everyone wants to/can afford to buy Timelines guide book that was released last year I think (or it was this year?), like you said, having lists of coss-reference with characters, places, and/or events would be the best. There are so many things that could be helpful to writers.

Honestly, I don't know what would be the best way to organize all of it, but if there's any other way that I can help you (other than cheering you on) just let me know. I can only imagine how massive a project like this is, and you'll need all the help you can get.

And to my lovely friends, mutuals and followers who are fic writers, what are your suggestions? What would you like to have at your hand's reach for writing your fabulous fics instead of going down the rabbit hole every time you need to research a detail?

Tagging some people who might be interested in pitching some ideas: @photogirl894 @takadasaiko @airlockfailure @thecoffeelorian @amukmuk @thedistantstorm @yukipri @never-ending-fanfic @genericficerblog @heart-of-a-rebel16 @seth-shitposts @mistr3ssquickly @gffa @cacodaemonia

#mare replies #this is an awesome idea!

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cacodaemonia · 2 months

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Last Line Challenge

Rules: in a new post, show the last line you wrote (or drew) and tag as many people as there are words (or as many as you feel like).

Thanks for the tag, @marbled-polecat! I would have done this sooner, but I've only been editing some fics the past few days rather than writing new stuff. And then I remembered that art counts, too, so I think the last part of this I worked on was the chest hair:

No-pressure tags: @lizardberries @elismor @bilbosmom-belladonna @petrifiedforests @amukmuk @seascribbling @sexysmeagolshitposting @lyntergalactic @clonemando

#last line game #tag game

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furiosophie · 3 months

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Last Line Tag Game

i always forget to actually do these but i will try for u @darkisrising!!!

just finished one so i'm only slowly diving back in but i've been writing this soapghostroach thing with a friend for a little while so:

Or, maybe not a contradiction— Soap’s a frag grenade with the pin pulled, rage and skill and sharp smiles all part of one whole. He’s soft tissue under Ghost’s palm, and the minute hesitation up on that roof, and the way he punched Ghost’s shoulder like a caress, a kaleidoscope of shrapnel that will tear you to shreds if you stand too close. Contained only by the tight grip on that lever that are rules and regulations and iron will.

no pressure tags: @invaderk, @elivanto, @amukmuk, and rly anyone who feels like it!!

#soph writes #soph answers asks

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melting-houses-of-gold · 6 months

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Hello! I have been following you for a bit, mostly for ACOTAR content, but I did read your newest Rexsoka work and I really enjoyed it! I am extremely new to the Rexsoka/Clone Wars fandom but would like to dabble in it and see if anything catches my fancy. Do you have any recommendations or places to start? I know there’s a lot out there but their dynamic and tension reminds me a bit of a few ACOTAR ships so I’m curious! Thanks so much 😊

Hi anon! I'm twirling my hair that my little fic got you interested--it's a ship that's VERY near and dear to my heart! We have some great fic writers, so I would LOVE to recommend some of my favorites.

I don't know if you've watched any Clone Wars, so I'm going to list some here where you don't need to have any significant pre-knowledge of canon. If you have watched any, I can totally rec some of the more canon-compliant/divergent ones that I've enjoyed. So these are all AUs, which I adore anyways.

In no particular order, here are some faves, and honestly ANY of the works by these authors are ones I'd recommend!

I lied when I said I didn't need you by @jewelofmandalore: A GFFA college AU that has exquisite dynamics. She's also kicking off a great series that's very loosely inspired by House of the Dragon's Rhaenyra and Harwin, but no knowledge of either Star Wars or HOTD is needed to enjoy this one!

sharp & glorious thorn by @chocmarss: Medieval vibes, enemies to lovers, and some simply gorgeous writing. I re-read this one probably once a month -- it's just so delicious.

they didn't prepare him for this on kamino by @darthgoosegoose: this is a WIP but so juicy! When ACOTAR folks start dipping a toe in rexsoka this is the one I recommend because it has such impeccable sithy, enemies to lovers, quarantine couple vibes. I love it so much.

one day by @amukmuk: Modern AU, friends to lovers, and so beautifully written. this one is for sure slow-burn vibes and I cried when it was done, because the ending had such a good payoff.

shameless plug for something I wrote with friends: The Valley of the Mythosaur, which is loosely (LOOSELY) inspired by The Mummy.

Feel free to slide into my DMs if you need any more recs. There's so much incredible fic in the clone wars fandom for so many excellent ships, so if you're ever looking for anything beyond rexsoka, happy to help and share the brain rot.

#fic recs #rexsoka #asked and answered!

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roobgumball95 · 4 months

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do 69 for the fanfic author ask. no reason i chose that one at all

lmfao sure u didn’t

ch’eo by owl_party (thranto)

my first foray into horror and my subsequent discovery that i heavily enjoy reading horror!!! holds such a special place in my heart, the scary ass ending will always be famous.

broken keys, locked doors by amukmuk (thranto)

SOOOOO good so far, amuk always has the most captivating writing style and cowboy!eli always gets me going

project compass by distantstorm (thranto)

when i tell you this fic is fucking LEGENDARY. i loved every second of reading it, it literally checked every single box for me. i wish i could go back and read it for the first time again

passive imagination by distantstorm (thranto)

this is one i’ve read and reread because it’s just so GRIPPING. everything about it is so emotional and gorgeous i just wanna cry thinking about it. also if you haven’t noticed i am a distantstorm enjoyer

cautionary orbits by skycatcher (thranto)

all of the descriptions in this fic are heavenly. mak’ro pov has me chewing on sheet metal. i wish i could inject this fic into my veins

ok that’s all!! i think i’ll just do thranto fics for u bc that’s the fandom we both know ;)

thanks for the ask audrey!!

#roob’s inbox #fanfic #thranto

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mischievouschan4 · 6 months

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📢 Fic Rec Friday (for Thrawn Fans)

I just finished reading the Belonging series, and *ahem* please let me (woefully) attempt to capture just how much this story has affected me. I am DESTROYED ☠️ Completely flayed raw 😫 Absolutely STARSTRUCK ❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥 It’s so amazing that I literally cannot contain my urge to shout about how spectacular it is into the void.

“Belonging” is a Thrawn x Eli Vanto found family saga (with kids!!!!!) that spans everything from domestic fluff to military drama to kidnapping and rescue. The plot of each individual story is always excellent, but the ✨CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT✨ is actually out of this world. It’s so insanely good and natural and heart-wrenchingly poignant that I found myself relating to multiple characters in every single fic. Were tears shed? Yes. Unlimited tears.

UGH 😩 part 8 Granular literally felt like a stab into my chest with a knife that kept twisting and twisting after. But worry not, I could never recommend something that didn’t make me smile, and the rest of the series is the textbook definition of pure happiness 🥰 Like part 14, If You Asked Her??? Are you kidding me??? So beautiful! And of course, part 1 Home! Sweet and cute with a twinge of angst. How can you go wrong with tags like ‘enemies to father daughter’ and captions like ‘Thunhe adopts a dad (Thrawn)’?

The answer is: you can’t go wrong 👏🏼

Belonging is as much a coming of age story as it is a romance, and the vibes (excluding the aforementioned part 8) are impeccably warm and fuzzy, like a hug from your favorite person. Everyone, please do not walk or even run to go read this, sprint.

Thank you for writing this amazing series, @amukmuk 🙏

#thrawn #eli vanto #thranto #fic rec Friday

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justhere2procrastinate · 9 months

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Lol I don’t usually do these kind of posts but I ran out of codywan fics to read and I had just finished listening to the Thrawn (2017) audiobook and I thought I might as well give Thranto a go.

It has been days. I have not slept. I spend my nights binge reading the Belonging series by @amukmuk

I have to write 15k for uni before I write my own fics but here I am completely obsessed with this series instead, it’s just so fucking good

#thranto

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mithrandirl · 25 days

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20 Questions for Writers

1. How many works do you have on AO3?

2. What's your total AO3 word count?

382,306

5. Do you respond to comments?

love and light to anyone who comments but i have to be in a very specific mood to respond to comments and i have not been in that mood for like 6 months, so it's a 50/50 chance.

10. Do you write crossovers?

not really. i mean i love "crossovers" where it's like everything's the same except the palantiri are flip phones. so i do write crossovers in the muppet sense of the word, i guess.

14. What’s your all time favorite ship?

more and more i'm drawn to the quality and thought behind a character and their relationships instead of the characters themselves, which makes me sound like a pretentious asshole but it's true. if a story is compelling enough then that ship is my favorite, and so on. so in that sense, right now it's howl/sophie, boromir/thedored, and worf/k'ehleyr(/jadzia) 🤪 (and the mota idiots ofc but. yeah)

15. What’s a WIP you want to finish but doubt you ever will?

any star wars wips i still have out there RIP

16. What are your writing strengths?

i think i am okay at making dialogue not sound too unnatural/stilted. also humor.

17. What are your writing weaknesses?

under writing (the tendency to not write enough to get a point across while thinking that i did get the point across, not doing risk analysis for mortgages though i'd be bad at that too tbh)

18. Thoughts on writing dialogue in another language in fic?

unless there's a point, i.e. the pov character doesn't understand the other language, i don't love it

19. First fandom you wrote for?

ouat 🫥

20. Favorite fic you’ve written?

this is going to sound very woe is me, but i'm really not in a good place writing-wise and i feel like everything i write sucks! so none right now. i recognize that this is a transitional phase and i'll get out of it probably but also it sucks and everything is terrible.

thank you for the tag @chocmarss! i've been tagged in so many of these the past couple months and haven't done any because✌️but it's fine! everything's fine! ("✌️it's fine! everything's fine!" is actually my answer to all the questions i didn't answer btw) tagging some mutuals who i know write currently @amukmuk @anxiety-banana @sticks-and-souls @elvain @themoonlily (sorry if i forgot anyone, consider this your tag pls) no pressure etc etc, and i'll put all the questions under the cut in case you want to do this the right way lmao

20 Questions for Writers

1. How many works do you have on AO3?

2. What's your total AO3 word count?

3. What fandoms do you write for?

4. What are your top 5 fics by kudos?

5. Do you respond to comments?

6. What is the fic you wrote with the angstiest ending?

7. What’s the fic you wrote with the happiest ending?

8. Do you get hate on fics?

9. Do you write smut? If so, what kind?

10. Do you write crossovers?

11. Have you ever had a fic stolen?

12. Have you ever had a fic translated?

13. Have you ever co-written a fic before?

14. What’s your all time favorite ship?

15. What’s a WIP you want to finish but doubt you ever will?

16. What are your writing strengths?

17. What are your writing weaknesses?

18. Thoughts on writing dialogue in another language in fic?

19. First fandom you wrote for?

20. Favorite fic you’ve written?

#using this as motivation to convince myself to write today even though i didn't answer half the questions lkjmslk #are there things like this but for gifs? i could answer those questions without feeling like i need to walk into the sea #i will admit i am tempted by visual creative mediums far more than the written lately 😔

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owlpartytime · 2 years

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Days of Thranto Past Appreciation Post

Rather than writing new this Thrantovember, I am featuring the works of others that I love. Most of these are probably well known already, but it's always someone's first time seeing a fic! Rules were: 1. Story must be completed, and 2. Thranto must be the primary focus of the story. I'm featuring 3 a day (because I couldn't cut the list down) at random - I'd love to hear your thoughts on the selections (and please give the authors some love, too!)

Today's features:

The Accusation by PinPon

"Could you please recount the events of the day that Mr. Vanto left for the Ascendancy?"

Thrawn shifted his posture, crossing one leg over the other.

"Yes, of course-"

He paused. Now, what exactly had happened? He'd seen Eli off onto a ship...had he? Hadn't he? But what was the ship? When exactly had he left? He couldn't recall.

In fact, he found that he couldn't place any of it.

He remembered telling him that he was being transferred, and...he certainly remembered the sadness he'd felt after he'd gone.

But the goodbye...oh, the goodbye. He just couldn't picture it."

This story always hits me because it's really uncommon to see this dynamic between Thrawn and Eli, and my heart breaks every time I read it. Some people may not consider this Thranto but I do and it's my list, so nya.

Breathless by nevsollee

Eli had frozen then, breathless. The man might as well have been in a stage spotlight; he commanded attention with his striking blue skin and glowing red eyes embodying the Lysatran legend come to life before Eli’s very eyes. Chiss… a word whispered among children who were told stories in the dark of the proud, fierce, and lethal warriors from the unknown depths of the galaxy. Even dressed so very humbly, he carried an undeniable regality about him; confident, graceful, and precise.

After those first few moments, Eli forced himself to breathe again, just in time to himself step onto the stage, to say the words that would change his life forever.

“Or would Sy Bisti be better?”

A 5-in-1 spanning the time of Thrawn and Eli's time together in the empire and beyond. I have a weakness for 5-in-1's; I love little connected vignettes, especially ones like this that take the core concept and apply it to different scenarios.

New Beginnings by @amukmuk

Eli sucks in a deep breath and rings the chime at Thrawn’s door. It’s just a trip to the art museum and dinner—nothing they haven’t done before. Yet he can’t help the way his stomach twists in knots.

He lets out the breath slowly as the door slides open.

“Commodore,” Thrawn says by way of greeting and steps out of his apartment, coat draped over his arm. Eli tries, and fails, not to sweep an appreciative gaze over him. Thrawn is dressed in a light grey sweater and black trousers, both of which cling to his frame in a way military uniforms do not.

“Just Eli,” he clarifies. “It’s dinner, not a military briefing.”

The first from Amukmuk, but not the last. A sweet story about the start of a closer relationship between Thrawn and Eli in the Ascendency. It has excellent pacing and addresses the innate awkwardness that comes from the shift from friends to maybe-lovers.

#days of thranto past #Thranto #Thrawn #eli vanto #fic #ao3 fanfic #fic I love

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amukmuk · 4 months

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BKLD Snippet

“Then, well, this part comes with practice,” Eli says. He puts a foot in one of the stirrups and then, in one fluid motion, pulls himself up and swings his leg over the horse. “From here, you’ll keep the reins loosely in one of your hands and gently tug which way you want to go. To tell her to go forward,” he digs one of his heels into her side and she starts moving. “And to stop, you pull back.”

“You make it look very easy,” Thrawn remarks.

Eli smiles and slips from the horse. “Well, I’ve been riding since I was a boy, so…” he trails off.

“I see,” Thrawn says and approaches the beast. She stands just slightly taller than him, but seems completely calm and unbothered. “She is not afraid of aliens, is she?”

The question brings out a bark of laughter from Eli. “I don’t think so.”

Thrawn hums. “Your confidence is overwhelming.”

“There’s only one way to find out.”

#thranto #thrawn #eli vanto #cowboy au #amukmuk writes

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hrtiu · 2 years

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Fanfiction questions!

30, 37, 44

Thanks so much for the ask! Questions are from this post.

30. What inspires you to write?

I think it's reading other stories that just really move me. When I fall in love with characters or just love the world and story being told so much then it inspires me to expand more on that world/those characters (in the case of fanfiction) or write my own stories that inspire the same emotions in other (in the case of original fiction).

37. First person or third person - what do you write in and why?

I typically write in third person. I think it's mostly a habit because I write sci fi/fantasy the most, and in those genres third person is most common. I also like to write from multiple POVs, and I think that can be confusing if you write in first person. First person is cool, though, and can really get you in the head of your protagonist in a visceral way. I might try it some time!

44. What is your all time favourite fanfic?

Oh my gosh that's such a hard question!! I think @amukmuk's fic Bodyguard is one of my all-time favorites. I know that Perception is probably her best-known Foxiyo fic but Bodyguard really got me feeling some kind of way. I also love this Loki x Jane Foster fic that is so long and twisty and crazy. I don't know if it will ever be finished but I'm kinda obsessed with it. I also love this Legolas x OC fic that also might never get finished but really captures the LOTR style so well without being too stuffy or boring.

#ask game #fanfic asks

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communistkenobi-archive · 4 years

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Oh man! I have been living for your Cody & Obi-wan fics. May I please request "Must be a day ending y." for our two favorite battle buddies? Thank you!!

From this prompt list

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Cody liked working in the Temple. It had felt odd at first, like he was perpetually intruding on a ceremony he hadn’t been invited to, but after a good deal of reassuring from the general, he’d accepted it for the luxury that it was. Its halls were quiet, devoid of the roughhousing he was accustomed to in the barracks, and a sense of calm permeated the air, as if the building itself were happy for its occupants’ presence.

The library was his favourite, and it was the preferred place where Kenobi did his paperwork when he was feeling too restless for his office. It didn’t make filling out requisition forms or editing written debriefs any more fun, but it did feel less stressful.

Cody had nearly completed sifting through today’s stack of leave requests when Kenobi looked up suddenly beside him, his brow knitting together.

“What is it?” he asked, turning to look over his shoulder in the direction Kenobi’s eyes were drawn. He found only bookshelves.

“Anakin,” he murmured, holding still for another long moment. Then he pressed his face into an upturned palm with a sigh. “I think he’s up to something.”

Cody’s mouth twitched. Every clone went through an adjustment period when they realised their Jedi commanders were not anything like they’d been taught to expect during training, but he most especially did not envy Rex. Eight months into the war, and the good captain was still regularly blindsided by how completely unorthodox Skywalker was. In fact, Cody suspected Kenobi hadn’t gotten over it either, and he’d known the man since he was a boy.

“I could use a walk,” Cody offered, and Kenobi snuck him a wry glance, as if their conversation was a secret.

“You may see me lose my temper,” he replied, almost apologetically, and pushed away from their table with a gentle hand.

Cody stood up beside him, rolling his shoulders. “Wouldn’t be the first time, sir.”

“Ah, but I had a good streak going,” he said goodnaturedly, combing his hair back with a hand. Only pausing to tell one of the archival aides that they would be back for their things later, he led the way out of the library and into one of the Temple’s many massive hallways.

Cody kept pace easily, but noted the general was walking rather quickly. “Is it urgent?” he asked.

“I’m not sure,” Kenobi replied, his frown returning. “He’s not in trouble, but—”

The muffled, but still very recognisable, sound of an explosion rocked through the Temple then. From where they stood, only the air had moved, but it was hard to tell how powerful the blast had been.

Kenobi began to run. “What the hell is he doing?”

—

“Anakin!”

“I didn’t do anything!”

The general had led them out of Temple, down into the hangar bays that opened up into Republic military airspace. A few freighters were docked inside, along with what had once been a Y-wing; the blast radius had knocked several nearby craft off balance, and a two were even flipped completely. Cody spotted the right wing of the previously-intact fighter lodged precariously into the eastern wall, threatening to fall loose at any moment.

Hands gripping the catwalk railing, Kenobi glared at the chaos below. Skywalker’s attention was divided threefold; putting out a small fire that had started at the epicentre of the blast, yelling at Obi-Wan over and over that he hadn’t done anything, and even if he had, it wasn’t his fault, and telling Rex that calling for the hangar technicians was completely unnecessary. Cody agreed with the last part; they’d be running here if they weren’t already, judging by how concussive the blast had been. He could already hear shouting coming from nearby.

“Simple—simple modifications!” Anakin yelled, using the extinguisher in his hands to blast at the fire smouldering beside the fighter ladder. “It was Artoo’s fault!”

Cody spotted Skywalker’s astromech, who was furiously denying its alleged crimes in a string of frantic beeping. The droid was wheeling around the deck, refusing to do anything aside from screaming at its Master.

“I don’t care!” Kenobi shouted back, and made for the nearby staircase, stomping furiously down the stairs towards the hangar deck. Cody followed after him at a far more leisurely pace, and spotted Rex watching him. His eyes were full of helplessness; Cody tried not to laugh.

“Anakin! What have you—” Kenobi came to a sudden, halting stop several paces away from Anakin’s workstation, surveying the damage with disbelief. “How did this even happen?”

“The yield on the Y-wing’s ventral thrusters is lower than they should be,” Anakin explained—and fairly calmly for a man tamping out a fire. “I didn’t kill anyone, no one got hurt. Well, Rex got knocked down, but—”

“And that?” The general gestured furiously to the wing lodged into the hangar wall, the loose sleeve of his robe waving with the movement. “Do you have any idea—”

“I’ll cover it, don’t worry.” With a sigh he flipped over the piece of cockpit insulation that had been burning, tamping down on it with a foot. Cody heard the embers smoulder against the deck. It would probably stain the steel.

“That isn’t the issue!”

Doing his best to keep a straight face, Cody moved over to Rex, tuning out the increasingly furious argument between the two Jedi. The captain looked like he’d given up entirely, and was sitting, immobile, on a nearby crate.

“So, how’s your day going?” Cody asked, leaning beside him. Rex gave him a dirty look.

“Don’t say it like that.”

“Like what?”

“You know what.” Rex rubbed his palm over his head, making the blonde fuzz scratch against his skin. “I’m gonna get written up for this.”

“Why?” Cody glanced back at Skywalker, who was pointing accusingly at his astromech again. It didn’t seem to be fooling the general. “He’s certainly not going to get you in trouble.”

“Yeah, but Skywalker talked me into helping him. We’re not supposed to be in here without at least one floor supervisor.” Rex shot a glance up at the box office overlooking the hangar. “I even helped him bring in the parts he needed.”

“You don’t get to just do whatever you want, Anakin!” he heard Kenobi shout, particularly loudly, and they looked back over at the ensuing shouting match. “This is Republic property! You’re lucky if you aren’t suspended!”

“Nobody died!” Anakin repeated dismissively, walking over to the emergency station and slotting the fire extinguisher back in its holster. “It’s no big deal. I’ll help the guys clean everything up—”

“You are missing the point!”

“So you keep saying,” Anakin muttered. “Yelling isn’t going to undo any of this. I know what happened!”

Kenobi sputtered. “And you don’t seem to care at all!”

“At least he’s not mad at you,” Cody murmured, nudging Rex in the arm.

Rex gave him an apprehensive look. “It’s early in the day yet.”

—

“Unbelievable,” Kenobi kept saying, interrupting himself only long enough to drink from his tea. “Unbelievable.”

Back in the library now, Cody had made the wise decision to detour to the kitchen and make a pot of tea for them both before coming back here. It seemed to be the only thing keeping Kenobi’s temper under wraps; they were getting looks from nearby Jedi, no doubt unnerved by the roiling disquiet of the general’s presence.

“You said he’s better now than when he was a boy,” Cody said, not really a question.

“I don’t even know if that’s true.” He sighed and rubbed a hand over his face. “I thought the benefit of age and experience would temper him, but they’re only more tools in his arsenal to do—well, that.” He waved a hand at the library door. “Unbelievable,” he muttered again, taking another sip of tea. Then Kenobi sat back in his chair and gave Cody an amused look. “At least it’s entertaining for you.”

“I don’t find your torment amusing, sir,” Cody said, but he couldn’t keep a straight face. Kenobi’s brow twitched.

“Go ahead and laugh,” he replied. “Everyone else does.”

His tone was light and dry, making it clear he wasn’t bothered in the slightest, but Cody still felt a little guilty. “I’m not sure how I’d handle it any different,” he mused. “Rex seems to be taking it in stride.”

That was a lie. Rex took nothing in stride, ever, finding a way to internalise and stress about every minor inconvenience that filled his day. He worried about his brother’s blood pressure sometimes. At least he hadn’t started locking his general in the brig whenever Skywalker approached him with these ridiculous ideas.

“I’ll recommend the captain for a promotion,” Kenobi murmured, and then his mouth ticked up. “Or perhaps not. It might only add to his stress.”

“More paperwork,” Cody said with a nod, and the general looked at him again.

“Is that a cry for help, Commander?”

“Just an observation, sir.”

“Ah.” Kenobi picked up his cup again and smiled around its rim. “Very well. I can finish this, if you’ve other duties to attend to.”

“I do, but I’d like to get these done first.” He nodded to his datapad. “And I’d prefer to hold off Rex’s rant the next time he gets me alone. Maybe he’ll be calm by then.”

“Does the captain yell about his general to you frequently?” Kenobi asked, amused.

Cody hesitated, realising what he’d just admitted to. “Um. No, sir. I mean not often, sir. We’re grateful, all of us, to have you as lead—”

Kenobi held up a hand. “I’m only teasing, Cody. Rex is more than entitled to his rage. Force knows I share it.” And then, as if unable to help himself, he added with a twitch of his mouth, “of course, as long as you don’t do the same ranting about me.”

Cody grinned. “Wouldn’t dream of it, sir.”

#the clone wars #obi-wan kenobi #commander cody #my stuff #my writing #thank you for the prompt!!!! love these babes so much #amukmuk

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20 questions for fic writers

Thanks for the tag, @flowerparrish! :D

How many works do you have on ao3? 213, but somewhere between like 85 and 100 of those are just images.

What’s your total ao3 word count? 1,049,952

What fandoms do you write for? Clone Wars

What are your top 5 fics by kudos? Many of the top works are art-only, but if I sort through, looks like most of the fics are those that I have never reread or re-edited, so 😬

That’s Not How It Happened (This Is How It Happened) - My first fic, which I have re-edited since first posting it. Chip arc fix-it

Orbital Decay - Haven't touched this since I posted it. Codywan

Modulation - Also don't think I've re-edited this at all. Echo/Fives

Will You Walk With Me? - The only one of the top five that I care much about XD; Waxer and Boil (platonic or pre-relationship)

Kintsugi - Not re-edited. Codywan

Do you respond to comments? Why or why not? Yes! I love replying to comments with my usual unhinged yammering :D

What is a fic you wrote with the angstiest ending You're Just Harder to See Than Most, but it's part of a larger series where the sad stuff in this gets better. As a stand-alone, though, it's very angsty 🙈

What’s the fic you wrote with the happiest ending? Hah, so many XD Maybe Count Every Beautiful Thing?

Do you get hate on fics? No, I've only gotten it for art, and thankfully AO3 isn't infested with pearl-clutching busybodies like Tumblr is, so I've only had one (honestly hilarious) hate comment there. It was on like the 6th chapter of a a very clearly tagged sketch dump in which several of the previous chapters were fairly explicit smut. And then on that last chapter, the person was like "Ew, they're brothers! This is disgusting." Hah, okay pal, seems like you were really enjoying it if you got to chapter 6. 🤣

Do you write smut? If so, what kind? Sure do! Uh, a variety, I guess, though I suppose I haven't written anything that would be considered heavy kink?

Do you write crossovers? Nope

Have you ever had a fic stolen? Not that I know of, but I've had TONS of art stolen.

Have you ever had a fic translated? Nope

Have you ever co-written a fic before? Yes!

What’s your all-time favorite ship? This is very hard to answer because I tend to latch onto ships for many years at a time. But no other characters before the clones ever inspired me to write fics, so I'll go with Waxer/Boil 🧡

What’s a wip you want to finish, but doubt you ever will? I have an AU fic where the war ends shortly after Geonosis that I really want to write but can't make the brain go very well on it, for some reason. I have pages and pages of notes, some sketches, and like a chapter and a half drafted, but I keep getting stuck. I wouldn't say that I doubt I'll ever finish it, though. I probably just have to shake things around to knock loose whatever is gunked up.

What are your writing strengths? Maybe natural dialogue?

What are your writing weaknesses? I want to describe all the things. I want to put what I see in my head into your eyeballs. But I also tend to over-describe like, logistic-type stuff, I think—stuff that no one but me cares about XD

Thoughts on writing dialogue in another language for a fic? Like a real language or a conlang? I don't know any of either well enough to include much of them in my fics, but when I use a bit of Ryl (which I've largely made up), I really limit it because I get annoyed when there's a ton of conlang in fics I'm trying to read. Scrolling to the end notes constantly is not very fun.

First fandom you wrote for? Clone Wars

Favorite fic you’ve written? Hmm, well I have a soft spot for Will You Walk With Me? but I think my two objectively best fics are My Heart's Red Muscle (78K Waxer/Boil cyborg AU) and We Could Breathe Underwater (5K Force-sensitive Waxer/Boil).

That was fun!

No-pressure tags: @lizardberries @elismor @valkeakuulas @blackkatmagic @amukmuk

And because I always long for a blank version of these tag things to copy/paste, just the questions below the cut:

How many works do you have on ao3?

What’s your total ao3 word count?

What fandoms do you write for?

What are your top 5 fics by kudos?

Do you respond to comments? Why or why not?

What is a fic you wrote with the angstiest ending

What’s the fic you wrote with the happiest ending?

Do you get hate on fics?

Do you write smut? If so, what kind?

Do you write crossovers?

Have you ever had a fic stolen?

Have you ever had a fic translated?

Have you ever co-written a fic before?

What’s your all-time favorite ship?

What’s a wip you want to finish, but doubt you ever will?

What are your writing strengths?

What are your writing weaknesses?

Thoughts on writing dialogue in another language for a fic?

First fandom you wrote for?

Favorite fic you’ve written?

#tag game #20 questions #fic writer tag game

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